Nahum 3:14

“Draw water for the siege, strengthen your forts. Go to the clay pits and tread the clay; take up the brick moulds.

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In The King James Version

Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln.

In Context

13Your troops are weak as women before your foes; the gates of your land are wide open; your defenses burned down.

15There the fire will consume you, the sword will cut you down. Multiply like the locust or a swarm of grasshoppers.

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Cross References

Nahum 2:1Nineveh! The destroyer has come up against you; mount guard upon the rampart; watch the road; brace yourselves; strengthen your might to the utmost.

Matthew Henry on Nahum 3:9-19

The Judgment of Nineveh. ( b. c. 710.) 8 Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? 9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. 10 Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. 11… Read the whole commentary →

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